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The Hurting Women
Questions and Answers
Q: At what age did you begin writing?
A: I started writing at the age of 17.
Q: Is the Hurting Women the first book you have written?
A: The first book I wrote was called Poems of Prayers an Inspirational poetry book . It was a book a lot of people told me they were able to relate to. Real situations such as A Struggling Mother, A Prayer For My Father, Poems for soldiers that were deployed . Just poems and prayers that touch a lot of bases with people lives.
Q: What or who Inspired you to write?
A: I always enjoyed writing and always expressed myself to others better on paper. I would have to say God has blessed me with this gift and had touched my heart to write . And from there I knew one of my purpose would be inspiring others through my writing.
Q: What made you write a book about A Hurting Women?
A: Seeing and knowing how a lot of women have had relationship problems and always thinking there's situation is worst off than the next. I wanted to inspire and let others know they are not the only one that's been abused, cheated on, Or left alone to be both mother and fathers and etc. We all have a story to tell some just have more than others.
Q: Are you working on anything else at this point?
A: Yes, I'm working on a play about the Hurting Women as well as writing the sequel to the Hurting Women book which is called The Spiritual Warfare.
Q: Where do you see yourself 5 years from now as an Author?
A: I want to have at least one book come out a year. So in the next 5 years I would like to use my writing as the opportunity to start a youth organization for our future father and mothers. Ensuring that they stay on the right track. Rewarding them by giving out scholarships .
Q: What would you like to say to your readers?
A: Although we may experience difficulties in life, take it as a lesson learned. If we didn't go through hard times how would we be able to help and relate to others. Reading my work is Inspirational and will always have a purpose behind it. Thank you to all that has and will support my work
The Hurting Women-Synopsis
Trice's family always had high expectations for her. Growing up in the church she was always taught to live life righteous and be an example for others. When Trice found herself falling for her boyfriend Chris, she tries to mold him into being the man, she wants him to be. A man that Chris himself finds hard living up to. With friends and family constantly trying to warn her of the man Chris really is she has a hard time seeing it and tries everything in her power to prove them wrong. Not paying attention to the warning signs Trice could possibly lose her health and insanity.
Sharon, Trice friend is a strong women , but life has the tendency to making even the strongest become weak. Sharon, secrete child hood has a lot to do with how she perceives men to be. Always wanting a man with good looks and money has always clouded her judgment with her relationships. Because of it, she meets men that constantly lie and manipulate her. Fed up Sharon realizes she has no choice but to turn to the God. However, before she does nothing would make Sharon feel better than to pay those men back for wasting her time. Revenge is sweet she agrees but how far will Sharon go to get revenge on the men that made her life miserable.
Tracy the youngest friend has always tried to live her life perfect. Her parents are always putting her on a pedestal and bragging about how well she is doing in life. However, Tracy knows better than anyone her life is far from perfect. Afraid for her life, Tracy struggles and hesitates to tell family and what's going on knowing that they too have problems of their own. However, time is running out for Tracy, and if she doesn't say anything she could lose her life.


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From Volunteer Open Source to Professional Open SourcePosted by marc.fleury in marc fleury's Blog on Jul 11, 2005 3:17:18 PM
Say enough things in the press and odds are you'll start a controversy, especially if you're me.
This time, I knew I'd struck a nerve in a recent reference to "amateur open source" and a reference to the "Open Source Hare Krishnas" who occasionally heckle me in the audience because even Hare Krishna's are writing me to say that I've misunderstood the true nature of Krishna (!). The context was a luncheon keynote (podcast) at the Massachusetts Software Council "Open Source Summit" on June 24th and Sarah Lacy's July 8th Business Week article, The Myth of Open Source. And finally slashdot picked it up in what resulted in a 400 post thread that mostly gets it and is mostly positive.
The fact that my presentation's title was the Business of Open Source, given in front of an audience largely consisting of business executives and that the second was a piece appeared in Business Week, should have offered some indication that the observations therein address one very particular segment of the FOSS community— FOSS developers and software publishers who aspire to earn a professional living by targeting the Enterprise IT market. I put a disclaimer (which you can hear in the podcast) that I was going to talk about how to make money at open source. There are other business models of FOSS (which I discuss in the podcast) but I was going to focus on POS as a viable subset of FOSS.
NetworkWorld's Open letter to the open source community (what users want) does a good job of explaining that this is a market with specific expectations like professional-grade support, regular road maps whose schedules actually get followed, the knowledge that the software product is not going to stagnate or fall by the wayside because the key developers have scratched their itch and moved on or worse, have been hired by the proprietary competition. These users want to know the proverbial "one throat to choke" when it comes to support issues and they want the assurance that the FOSS software they are using is supported by an extensive SI and OEM/ISV partner network.
Even before the slashdot fiesta over the weekend I was discussing with Nathalie and Adrian Brock about answering the private emails and blog of Pamela Jones of Groklaw. When PJ blogged about the podcast and then privately with nath, it really touched me. Here is someone that is pure "volunteer", I paid attention to what she was saying. She simply points out that I could do a better job at communicating by using the word "Volunteer" Open Source as opposed to "Amateur" Open Source. I agree with her because I was talking about "amateur" to indicate work from which people do not intend to earn a living. She is right in pointing out that there is no need to disparage those who write open source software without compensation. A better word is volunteer, I agree, as amateur, at least in the US has a connotation of "low quality".
So here you go PJ, from now on I will be using the word "VOLUNTEER" open source. Peace.
Something that some people don't know about Jboss is that we ALL STARTED AS VOLUNTEERS. Some people wrongly assume we started as a company that embraced FOSS for marketing purposes. While the marketing is great make no mistakes. We DO NOT HIRE someone that has not started as a volunteer. I and ALL of the JBoss developers came out of the volunteer open source community. We strive to mix the altruistic ideal (you need that if you are going to work as a volunteer, like we all did) and the reality of feeding the kids. Except for those people who can afford to work full-time with no pay or who work on projects that don't require full-time commitment, most of us need to deal with rent. Making money at open source is still a taboo myth, WHY? What is so wrong with wanting to earn a living at what you do? Why do people equate OSS with non-profit? why?
Now, as somebody who came out of the volunteer FOSS world, this is my experience. There are two dynamics that come into play in Professional Open Source: 1) You are writing mission-critical software for Enterprise IT, which means the only way your software is going to transition from being a developers' toy to gaining market traction in Fortune 1000 run-time deployments is to stand behind this software with a full-time Professional commitment 2) After 18 months of open source development, your enthusiasm starts to SERIOUSLY cool (for insiders we call this the SMD moment) —yes, your project or contribution has been well-received, but working a full-time job and writing FOSS on nights and weekends is beginning to take its toll; odds are you are tired, spending no time with your spouse/partner/family/friends, to put it simply you have no outside life; and if you happen to have quit your day job, guess what? The bills start to pile up and the rent/mortgage needs to be paid. In fact the more succesful you are the worse this is, but that is also your silver lining...
When people (mostly those in the business community who have never worked as a developer, let alone a FOSS developer) talk about free FOSS development, they all get excited since what they hear is "free developers". You can see the dollar signs in their eyes as they think "ONE THOUSAND DEVELOPERS WILL WORK FOR US ***FOR FREEEEEEEEE***". Most people equate FREE SOFTWARE == FREE DEVELOPERS. We don't! we pay our top contributors, we hire them. Without financial compensation comparable, if not superior to, what they could earn in the proprietary software world, most of the top FOSS developers move on or simply cannot sustain the time commitment to FOSS projects demanded by the Enterprise IT consumer.
For the 124509th time: FREE SOFTWARE != FREE DEVELOPERS
Who likes free? The people receiving free? Or the people giving free? THINK for a second, with your business brain... If you are on the receiving end of free, you never get enough, you want more, you love it!; but if you are on the giving end, odds are you love it too (we wouldn't do it otherwise) but you get tired of giving at some point specifically when you reach critical mass and you get 100 mails a day asking for free help NOW! "because it will be good for your visibility" (how many times have I recieved that email, I still do today!).
Also the reality of Enterprise IT FOSS software is that most of the core development is done by a handful of people, the top 5% of the development ranks. I ***LOVE*** THESE PEOPLE, I WANT THESE PEOPLE TO GET FULL TIME COMPENSATION AND A NICE UPSIDE AS WELL. They need to be full-time paid professionals, these are the guys we hire at JBoss. They may work for a Professional Open Source company like JBoss or MySQL, first-generation OS packager like Red Hat, or their work may be subsidized by academia, governments or corporations in the loss-leader open source model practiced by companies like IBM, but the point is that somebody is paying the bills; there is no free lunch. Romantic myth perpetrating the contrary (FREE DEVELOPERS!) are disgusting to me, which is why I come across as strongly as I do. OUR MODEL AT JBOSS IS THAT THE BEST VOLUNTEERS BECOME FULL TIME EMPLOYEES HERE, which is why Jboss looks like it is developed by Jboss employees, a great contributor will become a Jboss employee with stock options and the whole nine yards.
Development in FOSS is not free, not even significantly cheaper than proprietary it is just more efficient because we fund those "mythical man month" developers and leverage our large community to do QA, distribution and further development. The free and "massive community" element comes into play when you are talking about those Enterprise IT projects and products with significant market share where the tremendous QA from the community in the form of patches and bug fixes leads to highly stabile projects. A lot of people on the slashdot thread picked up on that fact
What does a Professional Open Source Community look like? At JBoss, We started with volunteer OS developers, myself included and today, depending on the maturity of the project, our outside contribution (by non-JBoss employees) is around 15%, with mature project like App Server having less outside contribution and newer projects like Portal having a much higher rate of outside contribution. As the project matures, we tend to hire on the top volunteer contributors. That is the point, you go from volunteer to getting a reward. But some people think that is dirty? THAT is the communistic taboo I will fight, there is nothing wrong in making a great living at software. There is a low barrier to entry to start contributing, and we benefit from George Bernard Shaw's observation (as shared by Pamela from Groklaw) that "talent shows up where you least expect it." However, to keep our talent on a full-time basis, we pay them. Over time, we have had 500+ contributors to our software projects, 100+ RW (read-write) Committers, 30+ core (full-time, JBoss Inc.) contributors on App Server, which is our most mature project.
Our communities are structured, energized and viable. We sustain ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE more activity and innovation than our FOSS peers in EE development. We measure CVS, mailing list activity, number of downloads, number of bugs etc. Because the CORE IS PROFESSIONAL you are looking at active communities that benefit from that funded engine. Many of our projects, we have 25 under POS management at Jboss, were brought on board because our customers asked for the project to be animated by us, that was a sign of stability and longevity. If a volunteer project needs POS we will usually move and structure it. Tomcat is a good example, started as POS at SUN, languished as pure volunteer (Remy didn't have the time) and is AGAIN a great POS success since Remy and his crew have joined Jboss. Same with Hibernate, Jgroups, JBpm, Portal etc etc
One parting word of advice to developers who do aspire to earn a living from their FOSS contributions, along the Professional Open Source model. Devote serious thought to your license because it can seriously impact whether you will be able to earn a living writing and supporting your software. If this is your ambition, I seriously recommend GPL-style licensing (JBoss projects are LGPL) because this licensing family encourages a positive feedback loop and discourages forking. While competing software vendors, for obvious reasons, love BSD-style licensing and will encourage you to adopt these more liberal licenses, the impact for the FOSS developer is that IF you are writing BSD-licensed software AND YOU ARE SUCCESSFUL, your only option may be to go to work for your proprietary competitor who is only to happy to incorporate your work in their proprietary product. Beware of the man offering you candy.
So to the volunteer out there that is working on FOSS projects and wants to make a living at it, take POS as example. It is one career path for you to think about. We have proved you can make money and earn a living in that model. Do not despair. Do not pay attention to the criticism and the noise that is trying to tell you that money is dirty. Go and do what you have to do. We all wish you good luck, you are already one of us.
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Rangers Agree to Terms With Free Agent Forward Matthew Lombardiby New York Rangers @NYRangers / NYRangers.com
New York Rangers President and General Manager Glen Sather announced today that the team has agreed to terms with free agent forward Matthew Lombardi.
Lombardi, 32, skated in 46 games with Genève-Servette of National League A (NLA) in Switzerland this past season, registering 20 goals and 30 assists for 50 points, along with 54 penalty minutes and a plus-16 rating. He led the NLA in assists and points, while tying for sixth in the league - and leading Genève-Servette - in goals. In the playoffs, Lombardi registered nine points (three goals, six assists) in 12 games. He tied for fifth in the NLA in assists and tied for seventh in the league in points in the playoffs, while ranking second on the team in each category. Lombardi also tallied four goals and four assists for eight points, along with a plus-five rating in three games while helping Genève-Servette win the Spengler Cup. Lombardi was named to the Spengler Cup All-Star Team, as he led all skaters in the tournament in points, tied for the tournament lead in goals and assists, and tied for second in plus/minus rating.
In 536 career NHL games over parts of nine seasons with Calgary, Phoenix, Nashville, Toronto, and Anaheim, the 5-11, 195-pounder has registered 101 goals and 161 assists for 262 points, along with 293 penalty minutes and a plus-six rating. Lombardi recorded eight points (four goals, four assists) in 28 games with Phoenix and Anaheim during the 2012-13 season. He has reached the 40-point plateau three times in his career, and has tallied at least 14 goals in five of seven seasons in which he has played at least 55 games. Lombardi has also tallied three goals and 13 assists in 40 career NHL playoff games. He recorded one goal and five assists for six points in 13 playoff games in his rookie year while helping Calgary advance to the 2004 Stanley Cup Final.
Internationally, the Montreal, Quebec native has represented Canada in numerous tournaments. Lombardi registered two goals and two assists for four points, and ranked second among tournament skaters with a plus-nine rating in nine games to help Team Canada win a silver medal at the 2009 IIHF World Championship. He also tallied six goals and six assists for 12 points, and posted a plus-four rating in nine games to help Team Canada win a gold medal at the 2007 IIHF World Championship. Lombardi tied for third among all skaters in goals and tied for fourth among all skaters in points in the tournament.
Lombardi was originally selected by Edmonton in the seventh round, 215th overall, of the 2000 NHL Entry Draft. Upon re-entering the Draft, he was selected by Calgary in the third round, 90th overall, of the 2002 NHL Entry Draft.


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BB - Pony Congo
BB. s.f. #objectdheartwithart Hommage a Brigitte Bardot
"Every age can be enchanting, provided you live within it."
Every single thing is interconnected even if it does not know it. In this perspective, it makes sense that each and every creative intent is filtered by the veil of conscience because we can do a lot but only what is made with the heart finds a way in the heart of somebody else. Beyond the time of the seasons, everything has a reason for being, BB included.
BB Has been handcrafted in our family Italian atelier, under supervision of leather master Matteo, from the softest pony leather printed animalier and lined with the finest Alcantara.
The shoulder strap is made out of brass wire weaved in Arezzo and the arty Methacrylate handle is thermoformed by hand by master Nando and then electro-galvanized.
Carry yours by the top handle or detachable shoulder strap.
Benedetta design and her brother Agostino makes all the ideas come true, working by hand to craft prototypes of each design - she likes to stay in all the making process and spends mostly of the time experimenting mix between old and new techniques, and it's why the final pieces feel like objets d'art.


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Located in the beautiful central Kentucky bluegrass region, you will be most kindly welcomed at our working farm home. Our unique accommodations, our perfect location, and our beautiful antebellum southern estate home will be perfect for your visit to Kentucky and the Bluegrass Region.
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The United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) has launched an online photo competition. They are looking for pictures that capture how the tourism sector is implementing new ideas to increase energy efficiency and the use of renewable energy in its operations, or photos showing how tourism is bringing modern and clean energy to local communities. Photos could also capture how you, as a tourist, are taking concrete actions towards a more sustainable tourism sector.
The competition, part of this year's World Tourism Day activities, is open to all people of all ages. The first prize is a seven-day round-trip to Spain for two. Deadline for submissions is 31 August.
World Tourism Day 2012, on 27 September, is being held under the theme Tourism & Sustainable Energy: Powering Sustainable Development. Official celebrations will take place in Maspalomas, Spain.
This year's theme aims to highlight tourism's role in a brighter energy future; a future in which the world's entire population has access to modern, efficient and affordable energy services.
Tourism, one of the world's largest economic sectors, has already taken important steps towards this future – improving energy efficiency and increasingly using renewable energy technologies in its operations. These steps are creating jobs, lifting people out of poverty and helping to protect the planet.
Winning photos will be displayed on the UNWTO website. In addition, a number of prizes are on offer:
Additional links:
→ Complete list of Competitions organized by the United Nations System and partners.
The Brussels based United Nations Regional Information Centre for Western Europe - UNRIC provides information on UN activities to the countries of the region. It also provides liaison with institutions of the European Union in the field of information. Its outreach activities extend to all segments of society and joint campaigns, projects and events are organized with partners including the EU, governments, the media, NGOs, schools and local authorities.
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Imagine for a moment that you are in the hotel business. Your basic product is a hotel room. But instead of selling hotel rooms, you decide that you want to solve your customers' problems. For vacation travelers, the "whole solution" that you decide to sell is shown on the left in the diagram below. For business travelers, your whole solution is shown on the right. Now go back to real life. What things should you add to your product or service to completely satisfy your customers' compelling reason to buy?
Two different whole solutions constructed from the same basic product.
See my post "Selling a Product vs. Solving a Problem" for more about whole solutions.


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At its annual storage conference, Dell today announced a storage array in a server blade form factor that can be combined with networking and server blades in a single chassis.
Each Dell EqualLogic PS-M4110 Blade Array comes in four models and can hold up to 14 drives for up to 14TB of data per array, up to 28TB per group (two blades) inside a blade chassis, and up to 56TB with two groups inside one blade chassis. The drives come with a native encryption option.
[ Are your storage requirements out of control? Then start by eliminating data redundancy. InfoWorld contributor Keith Schultz lays it all out in our Deep Dive Report on Data Deduplication. | 5 storage servers battle for business; find out which one prevails in InfoWorld Test Center's NAS shoot-out. | Keep up with the latest approaches to managing information overload and staying compliant in InfoWorld's Enterprise Data Explosion newsletter. ]
The Blade Arrays can be combined with the Dell PowerEdge M420 blade servers and Dell Force10 MXL switches in a Dell PowerEdge M1000e blade chassis to create a pre-tested and certified Converged Blade Data Center.
"This is a pre-tested, validated and certified, end-to-end virtualization solution," said Travis Vigil, executive director of Dell's EqualLogic product line. "That gives you better energy efficiency, fewer cables and less operation overhead by having the server, networking and storage in single blade chassis."
The Blade Arrays will have a starting price of around $20,000 and will be generally available next quarter, Vigil said. They have dual controllers and offer hot-swap capabilities, allowing administrators to pull and replace drives or controllers without disrupting service.
The new arrays come in models that have one or two controllers, use 7 2.5-in SAS hard drives with capacities ranging from 146GB to 1TB and spindle speeds ranging from 7200rpm to 15,000rpm. The arrays can also take 2.5-in SAS SSDs (solid-state drives).
In hybrid models with a combination of drive types -- hard drives and SSDs -- tiering software automatically migrates the most frequently used data to the highest performing spindles, Vigil said.
Vigil referred to the Blade Arrays as the last in a three-pronged product line that includes the servers, launched last quarter, and the switches, released a month ago.
The Blade Arrays are being targeted for use as a traditional storage area network for consolidating storage in Exchange, SQL database and Sharepoint environments. The hybrid models are aimed at VDI (virtual desktop infrastructures) to address boot storms and end-of-day shut downs, Vigil said.
The high-performance Dell EqualLogic Blade Array model - the PS-M4110XV -- supports up to 4,690 IOPS (I/Os per second) in a SQL transactional workload and up to 500MB/sec in a SQL data warehousing workload. The midrange PS-M4110X Blade Array supports up to 6,000 Exchange 2010 mailboxes, according to Dell.
The new Blade Arrays come with EqualLogic Array Software 6.0 that automatically virtualizes storage capacity and offers synchronous data replication, and snapshots. It also is now integrated with Microsoft Sharepoint for snapshotting of data. Until now, the software had been integrated with VMware, Exchange, SQL and Linux file systems.
The software also has a new feature called Volume Undelete, which is a capacity reclamation feature; whenever a thinly provisioned volume decreases in size, the capacity that is unused is reclaimed so it can be used in a storage pool by other applications. And it introduces automatic diagnostic data collection, which automatically sends data back to Dell Support.
"If a customer calls in for support, we have that historical diagnostic data, which helps us speed time to resolution," Vigil said.
Dell also announced it will be moving away from using third-party hardware from Xyratex and will be using only Compellent storage with Dell servers from now on.
Dell acquired Compellent about 18 months ago.
"Six months ago, we released StorageCenter version 6, which was the transition to a 64-bit operation system. Now we're moving off third-party hardware that was part of the Compellent architecture and we're now onto Dell-based [server] hardware," said Bob Fine, director of marketing for Dell Compellent.
Fine said moving to Dell hardware will upgrade systems to a Intel Sandy Bridge processor, which offers a six-core architecture. The new hardware will also offer five times greater memory than previously offered with Xyratech. Memory can now scale from 32GB to 128GB.
Additionally, Dell announced its vStart 1000, a pre-configured and tested private cloud infrastructure using Compellent storage arrays blade servers and switches.
Previously, Dell's vStart pre-tested infrastructures used PowerEdge servers, Dell PowerConnect switches and EqualLogic storage arrays. Those configurations included the vStart 50, 100, and 200, which represented the number of virtual machines the infrastructure could support.
The vStart 1000 now uses Compellent storage arrays, and as the name indicates, supports up to 1,000 virtual machines. "So for the first time we're using Compellent storage in our vStart program," Vigil said.
Lucas Mearian covers storage, disaster recovery and business continuity, financial services infrastructure and health care IT for Computerworld. Follow Lucas on Twitter at @lucasmearian or subscribe to Lucas's RSS feed. His e-mail address is firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Friday, June 19 2020
dublab is bringing its soundsystem and collective of DJs to the Grand Central Market to get the weekend and evening started. Enjoy DJ sets along with food and drinks in a fun, upbeat atmosphere with the classic sounds from the wide musical map dublab is known for exploring. Wether it's modern dance, funk, soul or music from around the world, every Friday from 7pm to 10pm a different dublab DJ will select the right tracks while you get ready to bring on the night!
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Deziree Ramirez – Babe of the Day
Deziree, better known as "Undezcovered", is a 29 year old model and future cast member of The Real Houswives of Dallas, which is scheduled to shoot in August and air in 2013 on Bravo.
The Amarillo, Texas native has been featured in Playboy, Maxim, FHM, XXL, H Para Hombres, and Fannatic (which she co-founded) among others. Her other credits include appearances on CSI Miami, the Howard Stern Show, The Girls Next Door, Prison Break, and Beauty and the Geek.
Once she blows up, will she change her alias to Dezcovered?


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May 18, 2013
Former marine, radio host and political activist Adam Kokesh was arrested at a marijuana legalization assembly in Philadelphia today, according to video and Facebook posts.
In a video of the Smoke Down Prohibition rally, policemen can be seen entering a crowd of activists, and shortly afterwards emerging with Kokesh in tow.
According to his Facebook page, Kokesh was reportedly hauled away in a white Chevy Suburban, although he "hadn't even smoked yet," while "other protesters were actually smoking and released after arrest…"
The talk radio host recently garnered national attention when he announced a July 4th armed march on Washington D.C. in defiance of the capitol's firearms laws. As of yet, it's unclear whether his connection to the upcoming event had anything to do with his arrest today.
UPDATE (9:35PM CST): The following post has appeared on Facebook:
Adam is locked up in a federal jail… he will go infront of a judge monday… he is being charged with resisting arrest… that us all I know – Lucas
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Mary Jane Bostick McGee
Mary Jane Bostick was a daughter of John David Bostick and Rachel Kirkland. She grew up in her parent's household in the 1144th Georgia Militia District, the Rays Mill District. She married David Judson McGee on September 29, 1895. In Ray City, the MaGees lived in a house on the southwest corner of Main Street and Park Street. Her son, June Magee, built a small house on Main Street just to the west of his mothers' house, and on the next lot was the home of Lacey Moore.
Mrs. Mary McGee Died at Ray City
December 27, 1941
December 27th marked the passing of Mrs. Mary McGee, a most lovable citizen of Ray City. She had been in ill health for quite awhile, rallying only slightly at times. There and in the immediate vicinity has been her home throughout the sixty-five years of her life. Her friends were numbered by her acquaintances. The community sustains a great loss by her going. The funeral services were held Sunday afternoon, December 28 at the Ray City Baptist Church where she had been a loyal and consistent member many years. Rev. John W. Harrell, her pastor, was assisted in conducting the services by Rev. R. C. Carter, pastor of the local Methodist church. Wiseman & Son, undertakers, of Adel were in charge. Music was furnished by Mesdames H.P. Clements, Ancil Vickery, Messrs. Herman and John Guthrie, Mrs. A.B. Baskin was at the piano. Active pallbearers were nephews of the deceased: Curtis McGee, Willie B. McGee, Shelly McGee, L.J. Bostick, Lincoln B. Bostick, N.A. Boyette. Honorary pall bearers were: Messrs. Lossie Webb, Pleman Sirmans, H.P. Clements, A.B. Baskin, N.A. Swindle, B.P. Swindle, J.N. Swindle, Lyman Giddens, Lacy Moore. Mrs. McGee is survived by five brothers and sisters: Messrs. Hardy, Leonard, Jesse, Freeman, Ivey Bostick, Mesdames Mattie Boyette, Florence Kent-Peavy, Annie Durren. Her surviving children are: Mesdames Bessie Rhodes, Nashville, N.C.; Emma Smith, Ray City, Ga.; Messrs. Perry McGee,Miami, Fla.; Eddie McGee, Cecil, Ga.; Luther McGee, Adel, Ga.
In Memorium
We will never forget our beloved brother, June McGee, who died February 24, 1936 and our dear Mother, who died December 27, 1941. With many thanks to all our friends, through the trying bereavement during the illness, and the after the death of our Mother, is this memoriam written.
Perry McGee, Miami, Fla.; Luther McGee, Ray City; Eddie McGee, Ray City; Mrs. R. D. Smith, Ray City; Mrs. L. B. Rhodes, Ashville, N.C.; Mrs. June McGee and daughter, Hazel.
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CFP: Workshop on Internet Histories (4/16/07; 10/16/07)
Internet Histories
a pre-AoIR 8.0 workshop
October 16, 2007
Vancouver, Canada
Despite the fact that the Internet is entering its fifth decade, the =
understanding and writing of its histories is very much in its infancy. =
In this one-day workshop, to be held 16 October 2007 directly before the =
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community, or transnational and translocal?
* what are the histories and trajectories currently missing and why do =
these particular lacunae exist? What histories of the Internet are being =
foreclosed, overlooked, or not yet imagined, and what are the =
implications of this?
* who is currently writing, reading, collecting, valorising, or even =
enshrining Internet histories?=20
* what are the dominant accounts of Internet history, or dominant =
assumptions regarding these?
* what histories do we have of Latin American, African, Oceanic, or =
Asian Internet, for instance, compared to European or North American =
* what challenges does doing Internet history pose? what is specific =
about Internet history compared to histories of media, communications, =
or other technologies, or broad social or cultural histories?
* how do our understandings of Internet and mobile technologies and =
cultures vary depending on the kinds of quite specific histories that =
condition these?
* how do a researcher's own culture and patterns of use determine the =
kinds of questions s/he may raise concerning the history of 'the =
This project brings together researchers working on country-specific and =
regional histories of the Internet as well as those researching Internet =
use by local and transnational subcultures and communities. This will be =
the first of what is anticipated to be a series of workshops, leading to =
an edited collection aimed at understanding the different historical =
patterns of Internet deployment and cultural and technological =
We welcome abstracts of no more than 500 words by Monday 16 April 2007.=20
Please send your abstract to both organisers: Gerard Goggin =
(gerard.goggin_at_arts.usyd.edu.au) and Mark McLelland (markmc_at_uow.edu.au).
Acceptance will be advised by the end of April 2007. Subsequent to =
acceptance, presenters will need to register for the workshop and the =
AoIR conference via the AoIR online conference registration system. =
Please note that acceptance of your paper at the pre-conference workshop =
does not preclude you from also submitting a different paper to the main =
For those selected, papers of 5,000 words will be due by mid-September =
2007. Following the workshop, papers will be considered for inclusion in =
an edited collection on Internet Histories.
The project website is: =
About the organisers:=20
Gerard Goggin is an ARC Australian Research Fellow in the Dept of Media =
and Communications, University of Sydney, Australia. His books include =
Cell Phone Culture (Routledge, 2006), Virtual Nation: The Internet in =
Australia (2004), and Digital Disability (Rowman & Littlefield, 2003), =
and he is currently working on a study of global mobile media.=20
Mark McLelland lectures in Sociology in the School of Social Sciences, =
Media and Communications at the University of Wollongong. His =
publications include Japanese Cybercultures (2000) and Queer Japan from =
the Pacific War to the Internet Age (2005).
Gerard and Mark are editors of Internationalizing Internet Studies =
(Routledge, 2007).
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"Providing funding to help gas stations in key areas pre-wire their stations to accommodate generators or purchase their own generators will help minimize service disruptions and ensure that fuel will be more accessible during a declared fuel-shortage emergency," Sen. Charles Fuschillo Jr. (R-Merrick), chairman of the Senate Transportation Committee, said in a statement.
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The new sanctions wouldn't apply to LIPA -- or a contractor such as National Grid that runs the system for LIPA. That's because LIPA isn't subject to Public Service Commission oversight.
"This is precisely why Gov. Cuomo has proposed a complete overhaul of LIPA," said Cuomo spokesman Matt Wing.
The governor has proposed privatizing the Island's power system but has met with local skepticism because of potential costs.
Con Ed spokesman Allan Drury said: "We must await final language before commenting."With Joan Gralla


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Future International Students
I have submitted the online application. What's next?
1. Pay the $50 application fee
2. Send copy of your ID page in your passport
3. Send certified financial support statement showing evidence of sufficient funds
4. Send official transcripts (with English translation) of all post-secondary school work including proof of High School graduation
5. Send proof of English proficiency (TOEFL, IELTS, MELAB, Michigan, Kaplan) OR complete English as a Second Language (ESL) agreement to attend FHSU's English Language Program
6. A transfer form if you are transferring from another U.S. institution
What is an I-20?
An official government document that certifies you to become eligible to be an F-1 non-immigrant at FHSU. FHSU creates an I-20 when you pay the application fee and submit all the necessary documents FHSU will send you the I-20 so that you can apply for an F-1 visa in your own country. You will need to sign the bottom of the I-20. You can ONLY use the I-20 issued by FHSU to enter the United States if you intend to study with us.
How long does it take to get an I-20?
Once we receive all of your application documents, application fee, and all necessary documents have been verified, the I-20 will be issued in 3-4 days. Regular mail may take 15 days.
Do I need an F-1 or J-1 visa to student at FHSU?
Not necessarily. If you are already in the United States on another visa, you may not need an F-1 visa. Please contact our office to check.
How do I get an F-1 or J-1 visa?
1. apply to FHSU and provide all necessary documents and fees. We will then issue your I-20 and mail it to you.
2. For the visa process, you will first need to pay the $200 SEVIS fee. You will need a receipt from this for your visa interview. You will then need to make an appointment at the US embassy/consulate in your country.
What do I need for the visa interview?
Please refer to the visa information page.
I am studying in the US at another school. How do I transfer to FHSU?
1. Submit FHSU's online application. Indicate that you have an I-20 and put the SEVIS ID number on it
2. Pay the $50 application fee
3. Submit all documents - copy of your ID page in your passport, certified financial support statement showing evidence of sufficient funds, official transcripts (with English translation) of all post-secondary school work including proof of High School graduation
4. Complete the transfer form and mail or fax to us
5. We will then issue you a new I-20
I do not have the minimum funds required for one year. Can I use a sponsor?
Yes. Your sponsor, or the person financially responsible, needs to fill out and sign the financial support form and submit with proof of funds. The proof of funds must be in English and should not be older than six (6) months from the start of school.
Do I have to provide proof of funds for one year even though I will stay in the US less than one year?
Yes. The US Homeland Security requires schools to collect proof of funds for the first year even if the student is not planning to study for a full year. You must take the proof of funds to the US Embassy where you will apply for an F-1 visa.
Where can I apply for an F-1 visa?
The recent US government new law requires all F-1 students and their dependent to apply strictly for an F-1 visa in their own country of citizenship OR the country of permanent residency.
When can I apply for an F-1 visa and when can I enter the US?
The recent US Immigration law authorizes and F-1 visa student and their F-2 dependents to apply for an F-1 visa only 90 days prior to the start date of school and not earlier. Also, the same law permits F-1 students and their dependents to enter the US NOT EARLIER than 30 days prior to the start date of school on the I-20 or DS-2019.
What do I do when I receive my I-20?
You must make an appointment with the US Embassy in your place of residence and take your I-20, proof of financial support, and receipt of SEVIS fee to apply for and F-1 visa. December, January, July, and August are very busy months for the US Embassies worldwide. Please make your appointment in advance. It is important to note that schools in the US cannot guarantee that the US Embassy will issue an F-1 visa for the purpose of study in the US.
SEVIS fee $350 (non-refundable)
The US Embassy recent policy requires all F-1 applicants to pay $350 SEVIS fee. You must ask the US Embassy how to pay this fee to them. Our office is unable to pay this fee on behalf of the students. You will need a SEVIS ID number in order to pay this fee. Once we issue the I-20, your SEVIS ID number will automatically appear in the Admission Tracking Site.
What if my visa gets rejected?
If your visa gets rejected, please contact us as soon as possible and tell us. We will try to help out by providing additional documentation. Also, please see visa denial information page.
What is an I-94 card?
An I-94 is the form that you complete when you arrive in the US. It shows your port of entry, the date of arrival, your name and country. It also has an I-94 number: this is your tracking number with US Immigration. This form is usually stapled into your passport; it is VERY important that you do not lose it as you will need it when you leave the US. We will photocopy it for your file when you arrive in our office.
I want my spouse/child to come with me. Is it possible?
You must provide our office with the following information:
1. Students first and last name
2. First and last name of the dependents
3. Date of birth for the dependents (MM/DD/YYYY)
4. Gender of each dependent
5. Relation to the student (child or spouse). Give information of children under the age of 21 who are planning to obtain a dependent visa (F-2).
6. Country of birth of each dependent
7. Country of citizenship of each dependent
Additional proof of funds for each dependent must also be provided.


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Bielema hires Ash as defensive coordinator
Ash worked under Bielema the past three years
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Arkansas says Wisconsin defensive coordinator Chris Ash will join former Badgers coach Bret Bielema with the Razorbacks.
Ash worked under Bielema at Wisconsin for the last three seasons, including the last two as co-defensive coordinator. He'll remain with the Badgers through their Rose Bowl appearance against Stanford.
The hiring is Bielema's first of an assistant coach since being hired last week at Arkansas.
Ash came to Wisconsin from Iowa State, taking over as the Badgers defensive backs coach in 2010. The 38-year-old was elevated to defensive coordinator in 2011, and he helped lead a Wisconsin defense that was 13th in the country — allowing 19 points per game.
The Iowa native began his coaching career at Drake, and he's also worked at San Diego State.


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by: Jno – Customer Care Team Manager
In case you haven't noticed yet, we like pink around here. But even more than that, we love supporting the Breast Cancer cause. This week SmartPak's Customer Care Team hosted the 2nd Annual "Pink Day" – we all wore pink to work, in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
I should point out that the pink pom poms are part of our normal daily routine – we each have one handy at our desks, ready to celebrate small wins like finding out that we made a customer's day with our above-and-beyond service philosophy, or that we were able to help a beloved animal. If your office needs a little inspiration to smile, I highly recommend them! Clearly, we love what we do.
For several years SmartPak has been supporting breast cancer research through our SmartPink line of products. To date we have donated over $40,000.00 to Breast Cancer Research and that total is increasing daily. We thought it would be a good chance for you to meet the people that you speak to on the phones every day.
Here is the best customer care team in the horse world:
- Top Row from Left to Right: Jno and "Little" Bailey (Redbone Coonhound), Meg L., Sheena, Kerri, Laura, Meg D., Katie, Johanna, Michael, Ashley, Emily, Jenny and Shannon.
- Bottom Row from Left to Right: Karen, Lucy, "Big" Bailey (Black Lab), Nikki and Heather.
Did you miss the "SmartPak Walks for the Cure" blog entry earlier in the year. Click here to read it now.


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Friday 25 January
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Known for the remarkable way it moves, whether making impressive leaps between tree trunks or gracefully bounding across the ground with its arms held high, Verreaux's sifaka has an equally eye-catching appearance. This lemur has long, thick, soft hair that is mostly white with a dark brown crown that extends down the back of the neck. It has a dark grey or black face which contrasts with its large, bright, yellow eyes (2). The fur is thinner on its chest, belly and underarms allowing the grey skin to show through, and male Verreaux's sifakas may also have a faint reddish-brown area on the chest, caused by a gland at the base of the throat (2). However, whilst this is the typical appearance, there is also much variation, with some individuals having dark brown areas on the back, chest, upper arms, thighs, and tail, and others being almost entirely white (2). Like other sifakas, its arms are short, and somewhat limited in their movements; however, their hind limbs are large and strong (4), providing the power for them to leap from tree to tree (2). The name of the sifaka comes from the sharp, piercing call that this primate makes, which sounds like shi-fahk (5).
Verreaux's sifaka lives in multi-male, multi-female groups that typically consist of four to eight individuals, but may be as large as 14. Each group has a home range that is marked with scent. The group moves around each day, foraging and resting, the pattern of activity depending on the season and habitat type (2). It searches for leaves, fruits and flowers on which to feed, leaping up to nine metres between vertical trunks and occasionally descending to the ground to cross an open space (2) (6). On the ground it bounds along on its hind legs, with its arms held out and above the head for balance, in the manner of a graceful dancer (2). Importantly for a species living in a frequently dry habitat, Verreaux's sifaka seems able to tolerate conditions of drought; it gains moisture from eating the succulent leaves of certain plants (Didiereaceae species) and will also lick dew from its coat to gain extra water (2).
The mating season takes place in January and February, typically the only time that aggression may be observed as males compete for a receptive female (2) (4). After a gestation period of 162 to 170 days, a single young is born in July or August. At first, the young sifaka will stay with its mother, clinging to her belly, but at the age of one month, it will usually move around to travel on its mother's back as she moves through the trees. This time is highly dangerous for the small infant, which has a number of predators in the forests of Madagascar. Verreaux's sifaka has a system of different calls that signal the presence of either an aerial or ground predator to the rest of the group, but still 30 percent of each year's young are thought to be lost to the carnivorous fosa (Cryptoprocta ferox) (2). The sifaka is independent at just six months old, and is sexually mature between three and five years of age. Adult females will spend the life in the group in which they were born, while males leave their family and eventually establish themselves in a neighbouring group. Males do not remain in this new group permanently, but may move between groups several more times within their lifetime (2).
Like all lemurs, Verreaux's sifaka occurs only in Madagascar. Its range curves around the south-west corner of the island; from Tsiribihina River in central western Madagascar, south to the Andohahela region (2).
Verreaux's sifaka is found in a range of habitats; from tropical dry lowland forest, to montane forestat 1,300 metres above sea level, and lowland, humid rainforest in the south-east of its range (1) (2).
Over the past 30 years, numbers of Verreaux's sifaka have declined as its habitat is destroyed for timber, firewood and charcoal (1). Hunting is also a threat to this threatened lemur; whilst hunting of Verreaux's sifaka is considered taboo by many tribes living within its range, other tribes and people immigrating into the region do carry out hunting (1) (2).
Madagascar is well renowned for its unique biodiversity, and thus has been the focus of major conservation efforts over the years. Numerous conservation organisations work alongside the country's government, striving to protect the island's fauna and flora (7). As a result, there are numerous protected areas (7), nine of which contain populations of Verreaux's sifaka (1), and there were plans to triple the protected area coverage (7). However, unfortunately, the future of these conservation efforts now hang in the balance; March 2009 saw Madagascar's government forced out after a military-backed coup. Amid this political turmoil, international agencies pulled out of the country as armed groups entered protected areas, illegally harvesting valuable hardwoods and killing lemurs that were then sold to restaurants in towns as 'delicacies' (8). Only time will tell if the newly-formed government will continue to protect the country's unique and valuable biodiversity.
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We were hoping that no video existed of the incident involving Delmon Young throwing a bat at a minor league umpire Wednesday night. However, in this day and age, it is a little naive to think that something would not be caught on video. Alas, there is video of the incident at youtube.
A couple of our own personal observations:
1. The "tossing" of the bat is actually harder than we imagined it would be. When eye-witness accounts described it as an "underhanded toss" we pictured the bat moving very slowly with a bit of an arc, as if Young was just tossing the bat in the direction of the umpire. We even wondered aloud if maybe the bat hit the ground and bounced before hitting the umpire. None of that is true. The bat was indeed thrown with a good deal of force behind it. Young is very lucky that he did not hit the umpire in the head. Quite frankly, we can't get ourselves to watch the clip more than once. It is to upsetting.
2. We are glad for Young's sake and the organization's sake that he is not actually seen in the video throwing the bat. Somehow we think that is better. Many have compared this incident to the Roberto Alomar incident in which he spit in the face of an umpire. Personally we think it is more like the Pete Rose incident when he maliciously shoved an umpire. However, in the Alomar incident, when the replays were shown, even years later, the tape always slows down so you can see the rage in Alomar's face and the spit leave his mouth. While people will remember what Young did, without him in the video, it won't leave such an indelible mark.
That being said, we believe the suspension will fall somewhere between 30 and 50 games. It needs to be more sever than the Pete Rose suspension (30 games) but less than the Ron Artest suspension (in terms of percentage of teams games).
Delmon Young throws bat at umpire after striking out [youtube.com]


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In the lead up to today's primary vote, I've been hearing/reading the phrase "South Carolina picks the President" which is always followed by a pair of disclaimers which invalidate the statement. In our current era of constant hyperbolic predictions by the media, I wanted to point out how important those disclaimers are.
The first disclaimer is "…because whoever wins the South Carolina Republican primary wins the nomination." This might be hard for some people to comprehend but it's important to remember that the Republican nominee for President is not actually the President of the United States of America. To date Clinton and Obama together defeated three Republicans: Bush in '92, Dole in '96 and McCain in '08.
The second disclaimer is "…since 1980." Which means that the relationship between the South Carolina Primary and the eventual nominee is a relatively new one. 32 years might seem like a long time (it's longer than I've been alive for one) but that's only eight elections. Three of those primaries/nominations went to incumbent Republican Presidents (Reagan in '84, Bush in '92, Bush Jr in '04) and one was to the incumbent VP moving up (Bush in '88). That leaves four other primaries/nominations were there was some suspense: Reagan in '80, Dole in '96, Bush Jr in '00 and McCain in '08.
South Carolina shouldn't be bragging about 32 years of presidential accuracy when they really mean 8 of 8 and more accurately 4 of 4 or 5 of 5. In that same period though the state has given all eight of its electoral college votes to the republican nominee, though the Southern Democrats have made some close races (Carter in '80 and Clinton in '92 and '96).
Most importantly there is a third disclaimer that no one will say out loud: "South Carolina isn't the deciding factor in the nominations." It's only the third state in the archaic and undemocratic primary system and with many more states to vote before the national convention. The people of South Carolina's primary votes have lined up with the last eight nominees but that's no reason to think that will happen a ninth consecutive time or a tenth or so on.
Thankfully South Carolina is not America. It's just a small part of it.